Hauteur : 31 cm. (12¹⁄₄ in.)

Collection Laure-Marie (1927-2017) et Daniel P. Biebuyck (1925-2019), Newton (Massachusetts)
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LUBA ADZE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

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« Le sculpteur de ce kabiki était du village Busangu (sur la route Kamina-Bukuma, à 40 km environ du sud de la base de Kamina). Il s’agit d’un symbole du chef mulopwe. Des objets similaires, telles que des haches, appartenaient également au devin kilumbu (un médium), ainsi qu’aux membres de sociétés secrètes. »

“The sculptor of the kabiki was Sendwe from Busangu village (on the route Kamina-Bukuma, about 40 km south of the Kamina Base). This is a symbol of the mulopwe chief. Similar objects, exes or adzes, also belong to the kilumbu diviner (spirit mediums) and also of to the members of secret societies.”

Daniel P. Biebuyck